An elderly couple recently came face-to-face with burglars in their home, but didn’t know the people were ripping them off until the pair took off with their savings.Police said a woman and a teen walked into the home to burglarize it; the victims were a couple in their 90s.Police said the burglars got in through an open garage door. The woman said she needed to use the bathroom while the teen accomplice distracted the couple with small talk.In March a man and woman forced their way into an elderly couple’s home in the same neighborhood, and pistol whipped and robbed them.Not long after that, burglars crawled through the doggie door at another elderly couple’s home.In the most recent case, the victims said the burglars were a middle-aged woman and a “very obese” teenaged boy, about 14 years old.The couple said the thieves stole about $400 in cash they kept around their northeast Albuquerque home.No arrests have been made in any of the crimes.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. —

An elderly couple recently came face-to-face with burglars in their home, but didn’t know the people were ripping them off until the pair took off with their savings.

Police said a woman and a teen walked into the home to burglarize it; the victims were a couple in their 90s.

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Police said the burglars got in through an open garage door. The woman said she needed to use the bathroom while the teen accomplice distracted the couple with small talk.

In March a man and woman forced their way into an elderly couple’s home in the same neighborhood, and pistol whipped and robbed them.

Not long after that, burglars crawled through the doggie door at another elderly couple’s home.

In the most recent case, the victims said the burglars were a middle-aged woman and a “very obese” teenaged boy, about 14 years old.

The couple said the thieves stole about $400 in cash they kept around their northeast Albuquerque home.